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Ancient Egyptian Crossword Puzzle 03/07/2005

Across 1. Supreme Council of Antiquities chairman 6. tutankhamun's successor 7. An Arabic word for diggers of sabbakh from ancient sites and was used as fertilizer 12. The Good Sister 13. (a) A vestibule at the west end of a church. (b) The entrance of ancient temples 15. The Soul 17. King of the Gods on Earth 20. Roofed colonnade, often running around the outside of small New Kingdom temples and Graeco-Roman birth houses 23. A small chapel that is near a Ptolemaic temple for the birthplace of the god, and by extension, the king 26. A screen or wall with icons which separated the Heikal (sanctuary) from the nave in Coptic churches 30. Stylized plants usually found at the top of ancient Egyptian walls (2 wds.) 33. The Dominant Male Baboon God 35. A temple of the Greco-Roman period god Serapis 36. Along with Pihor, a Brother God 38. A statue or sculpture which depicts the human form in an asymmetrical pose 39. God of chaos and confusion 41. The official seat, center of authority, jurisdiction, or office of a bishop 42. An administrative subdivision of ancient Egypt 43. An Islamic house or mansion 44. carter's pharoah 46. amun animal 48. The King of the Gods 50. An Arabic word for a holy man or saint from any religion 51. A main reception hall in an Egyptian house in which the central section is set off with a high roof 52. A concave bracket around the summits of walls or gates (2wds.) 53. Deity of Infinity and Eternity 54. God of Wisdom

Down 2. The sacred bull of Memphis 3. Greeter of the Dead 4. A title which was originally adopted by the rulers of the Islamic world, but later used by many regional rulers 5. ancient religious city in north, counter to nekhen 6. A precursor of Osiris 7. The Composite God 8. Ancient Cow Goddess 9. Kindly God of the Desert 10. God of the Spoken Word 11. heretic king's wife 14. Arabic word for three describing the length of the typical small stone building blocks of temples 16. A blue or green substance used to mold small figures or amulets in ancient Egypt 17. The picture alphabet used for writing Egyptian 18. The Sun God 19. A symbol of protection, consisting of an image of a herdsmans roll of papyrus which he used as shelter 21. From pagan religion, the spirit that inhabits the body during one's life 22. The Sun God 23. God of Fertility 24. The Orthodox body of the Islamic faith 25. The Roman Christians who were often pitted against the Egyptian Copts 27. A stone slab with an inscription or design which was used as a monument or grave marker 28. Meroitic God of Procreation 29. A cross derived from the ankh and adopted as a symbol by the early Coptic Christians (2 wds.) 31. Helper of Anubis 32. Creator Goddess 34. Linen or papyrus held together by glue and molded into coffins and funeral masks 35. A version of the Bible that is translated into Greek in Alexandria by 70 authors 37. The womens quarters in a house 40. A band of inscriptions usually on textiles or around walls 41. God of air and sunlight 43. A tomb 45. A spirit that inhabits the body during life and may leave it in death, but requires the continued existence of the body for its survival 47. The Embracer, Goddess of Fertility and the Nile at Aswan 49. The main area of a church, usually flanked by aisles